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The first of BASC's annual awards have been announced in the young athletes and junior categories, with George Evans, Catherine Reid, Adam Hague and Bobby Clay picking up awards.

George and Catherine are BASC Young Athletes of the Year. George Evans became the first Briton to win a World Youth medal in the discus winning bronze in Cali. He also won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Western Samoa. His personal best of 61.35m ranks him 3rd best ever by an under 18 in the UK. Catherine won an outstanding bronze medal at the World Youth Championships and finished second over the distance at the England Athletics under 20 championships. Her new PB of 52.25 is the 2nd best ever by a British 17 year old.

British Athletics Supporters Club is deeply saddened by the news that Graham Botley, athlete, administrator and a recognised and renowned athletics aficionado, passed away on Sunday 30th August at the age of 71.

If there was a British athlete competing in an IAAF athletics or cross-country event anywhere in the world, Graham Botley would be there, organising and choreographing the attendance of spectators and supporters from the UK. And, this is one of the distinctions of this remarkable man who was both a gentleman and a gentle man: he shared his passion for our sport by making it accessible to so many.

British Athletics has announced that tickets for both winter and summer series in 2016 will shortly be available, but BASC members will be able to obtain prime location seats through the club.

BASC would like to confirm that following discussions with British Athletics it has secured its usual allocation of tickets for all British Athletics events for 2016, both indoor and outdoor, Details, including early purchase discounts, will be announced via the next edition of ‘Backtrack’, due out late September. Order forms will be also be made available in the Members Only Area of the website. Watch this space.

With the World Championships in full swing, athletics fans are already looking ahead to 2017 when the next championships come to London for the first time ever. Supporters can already register for ticket information on the London 2017 site, but BASC can confirm that they are in advanced negotiations with organisers and expect to make available their usual offering of the best seats for the best prices to members.

The club will let members know as soon as more details become available. The Championships will run 5-13 August 2017 with the IPC Championships 15-23 July. This will be the first time in history that the two events have been held in the same city in the same year. In July and August 2017, "the world’s best athletes and para-athletes will compete in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park over 17 days of captivating sporting drama".

Normal service on the British Athletics Supporters Club website has been resumed! The club apologises for any inconvience caused by the week long blackout to both website and BASC emails. The issue was administrative rather than technical, and the resolution was out of our hands. Persistence on the part of those involved with the website eventually pushed the various bodies who had responsibility to reinstate the club's domain.